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Some key facts and figures
Number of works in the collections: 1497
Number of artists in the collections: 442
Number of émigré artists in the collections: 262 (collection of 1029 émigré artists works)
Number of female artists in the collections: 126 (collection of 239 female artists works)
Number of male artists in the collections: 312 (collection of 1244 male artists works)
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Highlights of the collection
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Ghetto Theatre by David Bomberg (1890-1957), 1920. Oil on canvas.
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Jeune Servante (Waiting Maid, also known as La Soubrette) by Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), c.1933. Oil on canvas.
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Apocalypse en Lilas, Capriccio by Marc Chagall (1887-1985), 1945. Gouche, pencil, Indian wash ink and Indian ink on paper.
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Refugees by Josef Herman (1911-2000), c.1941. Gouache on paper.
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Head of Helen Gillespie by Frank Auerbach (1931-), c.1962-64. Oil on board.
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Untitled (Man on a Horse with a Sword) by Alfred Wolmark (1877-1961), 1925. Watercolour, pen and ink on paper.
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About BUC
We hold Europe’s only collection dedicated to Jewish and immigrant artists comprising over 820 works by 360 artists from some 35 countries of birth.
The Pre-eminent Collection includes important examples by Frank Auerbach, Martin Bloch, David Bomberg, Marc Chagall, Jacob Epstein, Eva Frankfurther, Mark Gertler, George Grosz, Josef Herman, Peter Howson, Leon Kossoff, Max Liebermann, Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Isaac Rosenberg, Kurt Schwitters, Chaïm Soutine, Tam Joseph, Clare Winsten and Alfred Wolmark, among others.
The Core Collection includes fine works by Jankel Adler, Jacob Bornfriend, Sonia Delaunay, Dodo (Dörte Bürgner), Hans Feibusch, Max Sokol, Elisabeth Tomalin, and many others, supported by a wide-ranging body of reference works.
